Workshops and Trainings

“The presentation was deceptively simple, but profound.”

More Light Staff member Joey Lopez leading a Storytelling Workshop

More Light’s workshops are useful tools to help you take the next steps in your journey of welcome. More Light hosts individual educational workshops to teach current, new, and prospective members of its welcoming network about the realities facing LGBTQ individuals, and how to address them from a faith perspective. If a workshop looks like a good fit for your congregation, be sure to contact us here to find a time for a More Light staff-member to come visit your community.

Gender Justice In-Person Teach-In.

This 90-minute in-person teach-in will teach participants how to discuss the nuances of gender identity and sexual orientation in order to provide a strong foundation of welcome.Learn more.

Storytelling 101: Changing Hearts | Building Power

This 2-hour training will teach participants how to use their stories: to build relationships with members of your congregation and community and to take action by writing for your local newspaper in response to urgent social justice issues, to build a deeper relationship with one’s elected officials, or in committee meetings/hearings.Learn more.

Storytelling for LGBTQ Justice

This 3-hour training will give an overview of language and terminology as well as offer participants a greater understanding of opportunities for action in the current legislative landscape available for faith-led advocates.Learn more.

Building an Inclusive Church

“Building an Inclusive Church” is a 2-day workshop that provides a structured path for faith communities to explore and embrace welcoming policies at the congregational level. The training is based on the ecumenical Building an Inclusive Church toolkit available for a free here. Participants emerge with concrete skills to begin a conversation on full inclusion that positions LGBTQ inclusion as an opportunity to unite a faith community, not divide it.Learn more.

How can our congregations be places of welcome for transgender and gender non-binary folks? The starting point for that journey is learning how to discuss the nuances of gender identity and sexual orientation in order to provide a strong foundation of welcome.

So, what does trans inclusion look like? This teach-in will give participants a vocabulary for of welcome and offers fresh ways to discuss gender identity and sexual orientation that look for commonalities rather than categories. In this training, we will also dive into the rich biblical foundation for trans inclusion and explore how churches have successfully made worship more welcoming. Participants will walk away with tools and tactics to make their church spaces more intentionally inclusive of trans identities.

Finally, what good is a light hidden under a bushel when people in your community live in darkness? Participants will complete the training with a great understanding of opportunities for action in the current legislative landscape offers faith-led advocates. Beyond national and state-level action, participants will also leave knowing how to implement pro-active policies and programs in their congregation.